Designer:

Thomas Lainé, French, 1682 – 1739  Search this

Print Maker:

Jean Joseph Balechou, French, 1719 – 1764  Search this

Publisher:

Claude Niquet, French, active ca. 1769 – after 1831  Search this

Dubois, French, active ca. 1769  Search this

Medium:

Etching on laid paper

Object Name:

Print

Type:

Print

Published in:

Paris, France

Date:

late 18th century

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

A printed sheet from a series of thirty designs for moldings, carved frames, doors, chimneys and liturgical objects. A design for a frame or molding, decorated in relief with acanthus leaf fronds, flowers, mascarons, foliage, scrolls, rosettes, shell ornament, fretwork and the royal monogram of interlaced L's. With a section of the molding in the upper right corner. The plate is signed and numbered.

Credit Line:

Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Accession Number:

1921-6-236-12

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e66643cf-e7db-4934-a113-576f17ef51a3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-236-12